Title Cremation urn
Object Name urn
Date early Bronze Age
Object Found At Law Park
Place St Leonards, St Andrews, Fife
Historical Background

This large cinerary urn was one of 20 urns discoveredduring excavations of a Bronze Age site at Law Park, StAndrews in 1859. It would have held the crematedremains of a person buried in one of the graves.Charles Howie of the St Andrews Literary andPhilosophical Society excavated the site and in twodays found 20 urns, 16 of which are in our collection.“Several of the designs appear to have been effectedby twisting two rushes, or some other suitable material,into a cord about six inches long, and pressing this intothe urn while soft…” (Charles Howie, 1859)

Description

Cordoned cremation urn, with three raised bands around urn and decoration near rim

Materials flint ceramic
Image
Accession Number SAAUM:1977.1910
Collection Archaeology